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L. J. SA'WYER.

EAVES TROUGH BRAGE.

N0. 387,601. Patented Aug. 7,1888.

UNITED States Patent truce.

LEWIS J. SAWYER, OF COLUMBUS, VVISGONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NELSONSAVVYER, OF SAME PLACE.

EAVESTROUGH BRAC e.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,601, dated August'7, J 888.

(No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIs J. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Golumbus, in the county of Columbia and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Brace or Bracket for Supporting Eaves-Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in [C the braces used to support aclass of cavestroughs that are constructed by turning a roll on the edgeof sheet metal and then bending up to form a trough or gutter, which islaid with the shingles near the lower edge of the roof,

:5 and requires support for the part turned up.

This has formerly been accomplished by a strip of sheet metal runningfrom the roll to the roof above, or by a sheet-metal stud attached tothe lower side of the trough.

My improvement consists in a substantial metal bracket made fast to theroof below the trough and supporting the trough by the roll at the top.I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a view of the roof having the troughattached; Fig. 2, a bracket with open loop; Fig. 3, a bracket withextension-hook, and Fig. 4 a bracket taken apart.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout.

In Fig. 1, A represents the trough of the common kind, consisting of astrip of sheet metal running across near the lower edge of 5 the roof.The lower edge of the trough is turned over in a cylindrical form,making a roll, which is then bent up to form the trough. This trough islaid in with the shingles. To getthe necessary fall for the water it islaid up in near the butts of the shingles above it at one end, and thedistance gradually widened to near the butts of the course of shinglesbelow at the other end. Thus the distance from the roll to the shinglesis increased by the 5 thickness of the shingles. There are sometimes lowplaces or sags in the roof, which make it necessary to support thetrough at a little distance from the roof, as at B, Fig. 1.

I make a solid metal bracket having holes for nails or screws to attachit firmly to the roof D, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, having a standard,

E, projecting up at an angle, the complement of the pitch of the roofmade stronger by a fillet, as shown in diit'erent forms at F, Figs. 2,3, and 4. The bracket terminates in a hook 5 5 at the top to attach tothe roll of the trough.

Fig. 2 represents a bracket in one piece, to attach when it can set onthe same shingles with the trough. It has the hook open, permitting itto be attached to or detached from the trough after it is laid.

Figs. 3 and 4 represent brackets having a movable joint in the standard.The lower piece has a groove, G, Figs. 3 and 4, and a slot, H, Figs. 3and 4, in tho grooved part. The upper piece has a shank, I, Figs. 3 and4, to lit the groove. The two are held in position by a screw or boltpassing through the slot. Loosening the screw permits the hook to slideup or down to the required position, and tightening the screw retainsit. By means of this device the bracket may be set on the same shingleswith the trough, or by lengthening the standard may set on the coursebelow. 75

If there is a sag in the roof, the bracket may be extended enough togive the trough the desired pitch and held there. These brackets attachto the strongest part of the troughthe rolland may be attached ordetached without changing the shape of the trough.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An eaves-trough brace forspouting, of the character described,consisting of an upright standard having a hook at one end and a baseplate at the other, substantially as set forth.

-2. An eaves-trough brace for spouting, of the character described,consisting of a two-part upright standard having a bolt for adj ustablysecuring them, substantially as described.

LEWIS J. SAXVYER.

Witnesses:

O. W. HAOKETT, N. O. BISSELL.

